early 20th century
paper: 55.7 x 23.2 cm (21 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Chuang Gong Chuang Mu" ("Bed God and Goddess"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Dour Jiejie" ("Sister Smallpox") and a couplet reading from right to left: "Qiancheng Gong Doujie; Ernü Bao Ankang" ("Worship Sister Smallpox; Children Will Be Healthy"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.15.
20th centuryChineseInk and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Guan Ping Zhi Shen" ("God Guan Ping"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.53.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Jiu Tian Xuan Nü" ("Goddess of Nine Heavens"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xuantan Zhao Yuanshuai" ("General Zhao Xuantan"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.85.
20th centuryChinese